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i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they cannot help themselves. host: michael savage, radio talk show host, you quote him saying "president obama is more of a terrorist than hugo chavez." guest: what can i say? how can you stoop to that level? i think they lose all credibility at that point. when you say something so outrageous. tom cradle also said he thought barack obama was more dangerous than al qaeda. now, sure, there are crazies like our last caller who are going to believe that but i think most of the american people know that's just nonsense. host: there is a narrative. gues
i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they...
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we were very honored to have art laffer, one of the original economists who worked with ronald reagan, come to iowa to endorse me and to say my plan was much better for economics and jobs and i just got a call a few moments ago from -- saying that the wall street editorial board said my plan was the only plan with growth built into it. so for all those who worry about the economy, i think what we've been doing is a -- is dramatically better. this is a little more complicated environment than i expected, frankly. on our schedule it said there would be 50 people here. [laughter] >> i know, you've really disappointed the schedulers. but i thought for a minute or two, i'd like to take questions from the iowans, not the news media. but i'd love to take some questions from you all since you were so kind as to come out on a sunday. yes, sir? >> what would you do to move jobs back to the united states that have been shipped to china? >> what would i do to move jobs back that have gone overseas? that why we have a very aggressive tax and regulatory policy. on tax i would go to zero to bring hu
we were very honored to have art laffer, one of the original economists who worked with ronald reagan, come to iowa to endorse me and to say my plan was much better for economics and jobs and i just got a call a few moments ago from -- saying that the wall street editorial board said my plan was the only plan with growth built into it. so for all those who worry about the economy, i think what we've been doing is a -- is dramatically better. this is a little more complicated environment than i...
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ronald reagan used forcen frequently. he built up our military dramaticly to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald rgan did not believe in getting involved in long drawn out campaigns anywhere. he thought it was against american policy and the thought the american people would not sustain it. he his goal was to be very powerful and behind that power use diplomatic, in -- economic, intellectual a other capabilities to get our way and not to use armed force very often. there's a lot to be learned by studng how ronald reagan would and would at host: act. meredith, new hampshire, good morning. caller: how are you? guest: our you? caller: it was very impressive last
ronald reagan used forcen frequently. he built up our military dramaticly to intimidate the soviet empire and it worked because they collapsed. he was careful about using force and when he did use a, it was precise and overwhelming and liberated the island of grenada from a communist dictatorship. we used when air strike against gaddafi after americans were killed in the bombing in berlin by libyan agents. that scared gaddafi says decisively he was quiet for many years. ronald rgan did not...
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in the good times and bad, ronald reagan embodied optimism. this is very true that i do not have to tell you his favorite joke. i only have to repeat the punch line, "there must be a pony in here somewhere." [laughter] [applause] his optimism together with his brilliant mind, determined will, and nancy's love and support, they were the keys to ronald reagan epos greatness as an american leader. his temperament was his nature. his optimism only grew the more he talked to people from all walks of life. president reagan like to talk about his experiences touring plants all over the country. he would stay after to talk with their workers. as he listened, he would listen to their concerns. he came to realize how worried they were by the bureaucrats. not only within their own company, but also by bureaucratic interventions from washington, which were making their jobs more difficult. in my own travels across the country and in my town hall meetings in seven wisconsin, i have heard the same concerns. -- southern wisconsin, i have heard the same conce
in the good times and bad, ronald reagan embodied optimism. this is very true that i do not have to tell you his favorite joke. i only have to repeat the punch line, "there must be a pony in here somewhere." [laughter] [applause] his optimism together with his brilliant mind, determined will, and nancy's love and support, they were the keys to ronald reagan epos greatness as an american leader. his temperament was his nature. his optimism only grew the more he talked to people from...
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if there is a single reform, ronald reagan has identified with, it is tax reform. he persuaded america, both sides of the aisle, that lowering tax rates across the board and reducing the number of brackets and eliminating loopholes were essential to restarting america's engine of economic growth. he was right. his major tax reforms enacted with bipartisan support. to be a cornerstone of unprecedented economic boom that occurred in that decade during his presidency and continued in the decade that followed. as the years went by, credits and lobbyist loopholes grew back into the codes like weeds. president obama wants to take us further in the wrong direction. he remains committed to taking more and more and the paychecks of hard-working americans, not to pay down debt, but to pursue more government spending. we propose an overhaul of the tax code to make it more simple and competitive. [applause] the lower rates across the board. the economy grows and because we propose to close a special interests loopholes that go to the well off. when we lowered tax rates by clos
if there is a single reform, ronald reagan has identified with, it is tax reform. he persuaded america, both sides of the aisle, that lowering tax rates across the board and reducing the number of brackets and eliminating loopholes were essential to restarting america's engine of economic growth. he was right. his major tax reforms enacted with bipartisan support. to be a cornerstone of unprecedented economic boom that occurred in that decade during his presidency and continued in the decade...
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ronald reagan. [applause] remember the timeout of jimmy carter's days of malaise, ronald reagan crafted the longest peacetime recovery in us history -- 3 million new businesses created, and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one by one, the communist dominos began to fall. first, grenada was liberated, by us troops. [applause] then, the red army was run out of afghanistan, by us weapons. in nicaragua, the marxist regime was forced to hold free electionsby ronald reagan's contra armyand the communists were thrown out of power. [applause] it was under our party that the berlin wall came down, and europe was reunited. it was under our party that the soviet empire collapsed, and the captive nations broke free. it is said that each president will be recalled by posteritywith but a single sentence. george washington was the father of our country. abraham lincoln preserved the union. and ronald reagan won the cold war. and it is time my old [applause] is just about time that my old colleagues,
ronald reagan. [applause] remember the timeout of jimmy carter's days of malaise, ronald reagan crafted the longest peacetime recovery in us history -- 3 million new businesses created, and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one by one, the communist dominos began to fall. first, grenada was liberated, by us troops. [applause] then, the red army was run out of afghanistan, by us weapons. in nicaragua, the marxist regime was forced to hold free electionsby ronald reagan's contra...
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ronald reagan, the l.a. times detected him -- depicted him as saying he is going to bring back the american nazi party. people actually said this. and vice versa. republicans say that stuff. that is a normal piece of political discourse that is not helpful. however, i am also reminded of eugene mccarthy's comment that the task of -- is to shoot the wounded when the battle is over. i have a paradoxical view of this problem. the people in the middle are the ones around whom you get a gang around, you would get budget deals. in the 1990's with clinton and gingrich. when those people disappeared and you have the interest groups, that makes it a compromise. no doubt that is true. among the five or six, one problem is that if you like the old model -- he described the party dynamic, you have a son and the moon. one is the dominant and the moon party has to adapt if it is going to survive. i think that describes the world of the new deal or republicans with modifications to improve them, and limit them and so forth
ronald reagan, the l.a. times detected him -- depicted him as saying he is going to bring back the american nazi party. people actually said this. and vice versa. republicans say that stuff. that is a normal piece of political discourse that is not helpful. however, i am also reminded of eugene mccarthy's comment that the task of -- is to shoot the wounded when the battle is over. i have a paradoxical view of this problem. the people in the middle are the ones around whom you get a gang around,...
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. >> sunday night, on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from the brandenburg gate in west germany. also this weekend, our series "the contenders," 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost the play -- but changed political history. sunday, james blaine, this week and on c-span 3. >> on thursday, the u.s. house temporarily stop its work to wonder house minority leader nancy pelosi's efforts in congress. it was for 25th anniversary. house minority whip steny hoyer and speaker john boehner both spoke about serving with representative pelosi. steny hoyer called her one of the tavis: leaders any of us have ever served with. this is about 15 minutes. > all of us through our lives meet people, particularly when we were young, and i'm sure this happened to people who were with leaders of our country, thomas jefferson, a young man, i'm sure there were people whoet thomas jefferson when he was 25 and they said to themselves, boy, this guy really has his head in the clouds. and then he became one of the great people of democracie
. >> sunday night, on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from the brandenburg gate in west germany. also this weekend, our series "the contenders," 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost the play -- but changed political history. sunday, james blaine, this week and on c-span 3. >> on thursday, the u.s. house temporarily stop its work to wonder house minority leader nancy pelosi's efforts in congress. it...
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i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's and he was not. i am happy that i was for reagan in the 1980's. >> beyond new hampshire,? >> i do not think telling the truth comes across as an negative. you might want to ask him how he thinks it describing his record. >> is that not negative? >> how can i run for president and be for romney.org? you'll have to talk to the people who know these things. i do not know these things. >> what about the momentum going forward? >> i am very concerned. we need to clarify. wii to clarify whether he is a massachusetts moderate with a series of values that are the opposite of the south carolina republican party. if we succeed in doing that, he might win. >> rick santorum will be standing between you in the debate space. i plan on how you are going to differentiate yourself from him as a romney alternative? >> i plan on being the reagan conservative alternative. it is not mean verses them. i started working for ronald reagan in 1974 and and i helped develop supply-side economics for kemper. i worked for govern
i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's and he was not. i am happy that i was for reagan in the 1980's. >> beyond new hampshire,? >> i do not think telling the truth comes across as an negative. you might want to ask him how he thinks it describing his record. >> is that not negative? >> how can i run for president and be for romney.org? you'll have to talk to the people who know these things. i do not know these things. >> what about the momentum going forward?...
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he spoke tuesday at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. congressman ryan has been mentioned as a possible running mate with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this event was organized by the ronald reagan presidential foundation and was part of their perspectives in leadership forum. it is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. first off, it is great to see my colleague here. i understand you live in the neighborhood. it is a pretty nice neighborhood you have here. thank you, fred, for your very kind introduction. if you could do me a favor, please thank mrs. reagan for inviting me here to speak. [applause] this is my second time here. i have to say -- there is a spirit that pervades this reagan library. the cannot help but feel uplifted being here. it is the spirit of optimism, a sense that things will turn out all right if only we make the effort. in good times and bad, ronald reagan and body optimism. in here somewhere!" [laughter] his optimism together with his bril
he spoke tuesday at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. congressman ryan has been mentioned as a possible running mate with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this event was organized by the ronald reagan presidential foundation and was part of their perspectives in leadership forum. it is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. first off, it is great to see my colleague here. i understand you live in...
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protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare to use nuclear weapons? i ask you -- can we afford to believe they will not? can we afford to believe that china, which just this month announced a 12% increase in military spending, will allow our pacific allies to live in peace? ronald reagan master the art of keeping this nation out of hostilities. today, we tend to forget that we are a nation at war. though the mission is in a far off land and in an unfamiliar culture, we also forget the sacrifices of a generation. , our new greatest generation, that have kept us say since the september 11 attacks. califo
protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare...
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there is only one ronald reagan. there is only republican candidate with the views of the reagan administration. that is, rick santorum. we are in the 16th congressional district. i want to say the names of our delegates who are pledged to represent rick santorum in tampa, florida. you've got to go down and vote for each of these people in order for us to win the 16th district. one of them is over here to my koczinski.dennis kaniewsk another of our delegates from princeton, and illinois. khristine arndt. and from the county of ford, jan peterson. her husband is serving as an alternate delegate. kristie shilling is here, the wife of congressman bobby shilling. let's give her a round of applause over here. the great congressman from the 16th district is here. and i am from henry county. i will be on the 17th district out. i am running with a rich galva.rom, the mayor of diyal i'm also running with james radel, from erie, illinois. and from sterling, ill., k. farris. do not forget to vote for your delegates. thank you v
there is only one ronald reagan. there is only republican candidate with the views of the reagan administration. that is, rick santorum. we are in the 16th congressional district. i want to say the names of our delegates who are pledged to represent rick santorum in tampa, florida. you've got to go down and vote for each of these people in order for us to win the 16th district. one of them is over here to my koczinski.dennis kaniewsk another of our delegates from princeton, and illinois....
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i was with ronald reagan in the 1980's. i am happy that i voted for ronald reagan in the 1980's. about're not worried coming across to viewers in it -- as-? >> i do not think that telling the truth in a happy way comes across as negative. you would have to ask governor romney about how he feels accurately describing his record. >> [inaudible] >> how could i run for president and say forromney.org? that would be 2 feet. i think that notromney covered it. >> how concerned are you about mitt romney winning new hampshire, iowa, and headed to the polls in south carolina? >> i am very concerned. we have two weeks to clarify that he has -- he is a massachusetts moderate with values that are the opposite of the south curb -- south carolina republican party. if we do not succeed in getting that across, he might win. >> rick santorum will be standing between you and mitt romney. [inaudible] romney alternative? >> i intend to be a reagan conservative alternative. it is not me against. i helped to develop supply side economics in the late 1970's. i worked with governor reagan as candidate an
i was with ronald reagan in the 1980's. i am happy that i voted for ronald reagan in the 1980's. about're not worried coming across to viewers in it -- as-? >> i do not think that telling the truth in a happy way comes across as negative. you would have to ask governor romney about how he feels accurately describing his record. >> [inaudible] >> how could i run for president and say forromney.org? that would be 2 feet. i think that notromney covered it. >> how concerned...
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before ronald reagan i guess became ronald reagan, when he was still out there as a kind of a mask governor from california making tours through the south, he had a few instances of cultural disconnections, too. the difference is ronald reagan had terrific communication skills, and he overcame that over time. we are going to see if romney has anything similar. host: our guest is tom baxter, joining us from atlanta. he writes for the atlanta journal constitution. we have a link to his blog at c-span.org. i want to ask you a fundamental question as we look at a map. what is the new south, what is the southern strategy, and what is the southern vote? guest: that is a good question. if you look back to the last presidential lexi, you saw two significant things happen. one is that obama carried three of the larger southern states, virginia, north carolina and florida. so there wasn't a solid south in anything in the eps like we have spoken about in previous elections. the other thing about that election was that if obama had not won any of those three states, he still would have had the electora
before ronald reagan i guess became ronald reagan, when he was still out there as a kind of a mask governor from california making tours through the south, he had a few instances of cultural disconnections, too. the difference is ronald reagan had terrific communication skills, and he overcame that over time. we are going to see if romney has anything similar. host: our guest is tom baxter, joining us from atlanta. he writes for the atlanta journal constitution. we have a link to his blog at...
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i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they cannot help themselves. host: michael savage, radio talk show host, you quote him saying "president obama is more of a terrorist than hugo chavez." guest: what can i say? how can you stoop to that level? i think they lose all credibility at that point. when you say something so outrageous. tom cradle also said he thought barack obama was more dangerous than al qaeda. now, sure, there are crazies like our last caller who are going to believe that but i think most of the american people know that's just nonsense. host: there is a narrative. gues
i knew ronald reagan and respected ronald reagan. this is the obama derangement syndrome you just heard word for word. the idea that president obama admits he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits it and bush denied it. look where he is today, look what he's accomplished in his lifetime, look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him, rather than, which this guy just did, that's the book, go after him personally. they...
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reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes president. ford then makes to the huge mistakes. he treats the reagan with contempt -- which just makes reagan irritated -- and he picks nelson rockefeller to be the vice-presidential nominee. had ford picked ronald reagan to be the vice-presidential nominee, history would have been totally different. reagan probably would not have ended up running for president. he would have been on a ticket and the ford that either would have when they were lost, and if it had one ford would have served as president. the guy who tells the story beautifully is one of the leading analyst of american polling. he always says that h
reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes...
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on c-span2, at 8:00 eastern, biographies of pat buchanan and ronald reagan. on c-span3, thomas jefferson and the founding of america. as part of a republican primary coverage tonight, which will go live to politico to see how they are reporting on the election. ♪ ♪ welcome to politico live. this gives us plenty to chew on throughout the program. we are being aired live on c- span and globally across all political platforms. we plead with you to make this interactive, to make a conversation between the three of us. you can get me live at politico.com. and on twitter at #polticolive. what should people care about? >> maybe wisconsin. >> there are two other primaries. your state is where the action is. i think we all think that mitt romney is going to win. >> why are we paying so much attention to wisconsin that's why all the attention on wisconsin and not maryland? >> wisconsin is the last opportunity for rick santorum. >> this morning, you set the bar. what is the bar back captain rick santorum exceed expectations -- what is the bar and? how can rick santo
on c-span2, at 8:00 eastern, biographies of pat buchanan and ronald reagan. on c-span3, thomas jefferson and the founding of america. as part of a republican primary coverage tonight, which will go live to politico to see how they are reporting on the election. ♪ ♪ welcome to politico live. this gives us plenty to chew on throughout the program. we are being aired live on c- span and globally across all political platforms. we plead with you to make this interactive, to make a conversation...
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friends. >> did you see in the letters between nixon and reagan where ronald reagan kept saying i want to be the favorite son out of california. did he think of running? >> he started his campaign for president in 1968, 12 days after he was elected governor. there were some things that happened in 67 that undermines reagan's ability to act on that idea. promising ex anyone not be in primaries and then going out and entering them. >> this is a 625 page book. did you read this part of it? you get the sense that jfk did not think much of eisenhower. explain what you found. >> eisenhower was still enormously popular. he is not crazy about this guy who he refers to as "little boy blue." he views them as having a rich diet. he did not appreciate kennedy's entire -- the whole tone of his campaign in this new frontier. >> how old was the? >> that was when he was in his early 70's. he was the oldest president in the century. they were not crazy about each other. he felt like eisenhower to not understand the power of the office of the presidency. he was too much of a soldier and a general. rathe
friends. >> did you see in the letters between nixon and reagan where ronald reagan kept saying i want to be the favorite son out of california. did he think of running? >> he started his campaign for president in 1968, 12 days after he was elected governor. there were some things that happened in 67 that undermines reagan's ability to act on that idea. promising ex anyone not be in primaries and then going out and entering them. >> this is a 625 page book. did you read this...
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he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the program they felt was the best. people said why did you take it in the first place, why don't you leave it there. host: from virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm just sitting here amazed and outraged by the assertions that the former secretary is making. number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, th
he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the...
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[applause]>> coming up on c-spaf honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. then president obama chris sent a model of freedom. later the unveiling of the portrait of george w bush from the east room of the white house. tomorrow on "newsmakers", we are joined by rober khuzami. he talks about what the sec is doing to police wall street including its efforts to prevent another financial crisis and prevent fraud. that is a sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday on "q&a". >> i think the problem is with walter cronkite, people see him as the avuncular, friendly man, which she was, but there was another side of him that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with the ratings. he is probably the fiercest competitor i have ever written about. and i have written about presidents and generals and c desire to be the best was very proud of. >> douglas brinkley on his new biography of walter cronkite sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> medal of honor recipients gathered at the ronald reagan library in california to discuss their
[applause]>> coming up on c-spaf honor recipients tell their stories at the ronald reagan library. then president obama chris sent a model of freedom. later the unveiling of the portrait of george w bush from the east room of the white house. tomorrow on "newsmakers", we are joined by rober khuzami. he talks about what the sec is doing to police wall street including its efforts to prevent another financial crisis and prevent fraud. that is a sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m....
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these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my observation you have to go after term limits and watch the assembly which was always food fight in california. the assembly of the state was passed by one vote and the senate would pass nearly unanimously. after your six years throughout the assembly and a couple of cases someone would be gentile and start throwing food fights again. that's kind of the nature of our institutions that we design them on purpose, right? i think you're seeing a historical pattern that republicans tend to gravitate to people more moderate of temperament i think. bob dole. certain
these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my...
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when ronald reagan came to south carolina he was not ronald reagan. it was just the governor of california, the former governor california, and not the reagan we all know now. if the south carolina saw in reagan someone who could be that person. and he was willing to buck the experts and the pundits and voted for what american needed. as a result, it made all the difference. that is what i have been encouraging south carolinian is to do. this is a state that has strong american values, a conservative principles, and all i ask you to do a vote your conscience. but those principal -- vote your principles. if america is not going to give room here, where else are they going to get a from? allowed into what you think is right and not defer to the political pros who do not care about the issues you care about. >> and i would say but for my husband. [laughter] [applause] >> i think this audience could sit and ask questions all day but we are out of time. we really appreciate you coming and talking to us today. thank you very [applause] >> you can get your s
when ronald reagan came to south carolina he was not ronald reagan. it was just the governor of california, the former governor california, and not the reagan we all know now. if the south carolina saw in reagan someone who could be that person. and he was willing to buck the experts and the pundits and voted for what american needed. as a result, it made all the difference. that is what i have been encouraging south carolinian is to do. this is a state that has strong american values, a...
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ronald reagan inherited for a tax system in which it was very high as a share of gdp in the top tax rate was 70%. our biggest problem was inflation. a big part of his concern was how do we stop inflation without destroying the economy? i think that th tax cut of 1981 , which i had something to do with, was exactly the right medicine at exactly the right time. but the problem is today's republicans don't pay any attention to what is actually going on in the economy. they just say let's keep doing the same thing over and over again no matter what aunt completely is disconnected from reality. it seems perfectly obvious, i would think, that you're not going to get the same stimulus effect from reducing the top rate from 70% to 50% as you get from reducing the top rate of 35% to 28%. it's not nearly as big of an increase in your incentive and you are not going to get any kind of reasonable effect. on the other side, republicans talk as if a deficit has nothing to do with revenues. we aren't -- we now have lost revenues as a share of gdp than nevada my lifetime. i am not so young, unfortunatel
ronald reagan inherited for a tax system in which it was very high as a share of gdp in the top tax rate was 70%. our biggest problem was inflation. a big part of his concern was how do we stop inflation without destroying the economy? i think that th tax cut of 1981 , which i had something to do with, was exactly the right medicine at exactly the right time. but the problem is today's republicans don't pay any attention to what is actually going on in the economy. they just say let's keep...
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>> ronald reagan -- people in this town said we cannot deal with him. you have spoken the truth, but we cannot do that. lo and behold, he got the first nuclear reduction under ronald reagan. so first, speak the truth. the russian people that are trying to get more space for their civil rights deserve it. the american people deserve you to stand up for that. you do not empower them by saying russia has control over your own security interest weather with iran or syria. i think you would see changed behavior. what you have done is allow them to constantly test the limits. that tested it and then felt they could go further. >> lex move on. -- let's move on. the governor says the white house is leaking classified information for political gain. >> there is no one who was more upset and disturbed about the leaks and president obama. he did not authorize them. they were not authorized. he has appointed to prosecutors to pursue them and instructions have been very clear. no one is immune, nothing is off the table. i want to get to the bottom of this. he has al
>> ronald reagan -- people in this town said we cannot deal with him. you have spoken the truth, but we cannot do that. lo and behold, he got the first nuclear reduction under ronald reagan. so first, speak the truth. the russian people that are trying to get more space for their civil rights deserve it. the american people deserve you to stand up for that. you do not empower them by saying russia has control over your own security interest weather with iran or syria. i think you would...
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our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction in the unemployed. we are seeing a gain in gdp. osama bin laden, whom president bush said that he did not give much thought to, is now dead. we took care of the situation in libya with no feet on the ground and now lives lost. i think that our standing right now is much better than it was prior to president obama coming into office. host: we are just about out time. let's listen to our guest. guest: the caller certainly had a lot to say. the fact of the matter is that republicans are always concerned about the national debt and deficit. democr
our deficit situation began with ronald reagan. we were the biggest lender nation in the world when he entered. when we left, we were the biggest debtor nation in the world. $10 trillion of the debt now was brought about by reagan and the two bushes. our prior president had a strange accounting system. he kept $3 trillion off the books, like organized crime does. as far as president obama being a failure, we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month under bush. we are now seeing a steady reduction...
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ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in 63.5% reagan's day was republican. today it is less than 30%. democrats did a good job of registering voters, but the republican party lost all of those people by their extreme right-wing philosophy and policies. host: pete wilson on the issue of immigration. why is that a mirror image? guest: we always had a hard time convincing latinos to vote, to register and to vote. we called them the sleeping giant. the sleeping giant woke up. he will send put an anti- immigration initiative on the ballot. the latino community came alive. a registered. now, they are a power in california and many other states. that is what has been the republican party from behind. when you support comprehensive immigration re
ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in 63.5% reagan's day was republican. today it is less than 30%. democrats did a good job of registering voters, but the republican party lost all of those people by their...
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reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes president. ford then makes to the huge mistakes. he treats the reagan with contempt -- which just makes reagan irritated -- and he picks nelson rockefeller to be the vice-presidential nominee. had ford picked ronald reagan to be the vice-presidential nominee, history would have been totally different. reagan probably would not have ended up running for president. he would have been on a ticket and the ford that either would have when they were lost, and if it had one ford would have served as president. the guy who tells the story beautifully is one of the leading analyst of american polling. he always says that h
reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes...
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reagan, we are challenging the african-american community to reevaluate its strong, cold-hearted support for president obama because -- old- hearted support for president obama because this is an issue that we need to be clear about not just for this generation, but for generations to come. we believe this election is a pivotal election, and that those who hold the bible as sacred, and those, particularly black americans, who are part of the democrat party must reevaluate today whether or not they will stand for biblical principles or political policy. it is our hope that many within the black community will stand with the word of god, will stand with truth and will become a strong, independent voice for the soul of america. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, rev. nelson. we want to make it clear we are not democrat and not republican. this is not a political party. this is not the platform of any political party. it is our conscience. one big difference in the civil rights movement and the movement today to endorse same- sex marriage is when we were in the civil rights movement, most o
reagan, we are challenging the african-american community to reevaluate its strong, cold-hearted support for president obama because -- old- hearted support for president obama because this is an issue that we need to be clear about not just for this generation, but for generations to come. we believe this election is a pivotal election, and that those who hold the bible as sacred, and those, particularly black americans, who are part of the democrat party must reevaluate today whether or not...
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i know there is a lot of people looking for ronald reagan. you got to know we would all love to have my father back. let me tell you something -- if you wake up in the morning, if you wake up in the morning and you yearn to be free and if you wake up in the morning and you see that shining city on the hill and you want that shining city on that bill back where it belongs and you want america to once again be the proudest nation in the world and people look up to us, and guess what -- you found ronald reagan. he lives in each and every one of you. go out and fight for it and vote for new to gingrich tomorrow. -- for newt gingrich tomorrow. i'm not the last speaker. i'm just the warm-up act for friend of mine, and -- you got to fight for the food. i will take that. [unintelligible] thank you. there's another man here who is a great human being, a good friend of mine, a good friend of yours also. i spent a lot of time with him and his staff over the last year or so, and i want to bring him out, and he is my friend. he is the the id to this, but
i know there is a lot of people looking for ronald reagan. you got to know we would all love to have my father back. let me tell you something -- if you wake up in the morning, if you wake up in the morning and you yearn to be free and if you wake up in the morning and you see that shining city on the hill and you want that shining city on that bill back where it belongs and you want america to once again be the proudest nation in the world and people look up to us, and guess what -- you found...
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remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and workers laboring in farms and factories from dusk to dawn. they toiled so their children could have a better life. that is the america, and that is freedom. that is why we are exceptional. [cheers and applause] as president obama lacks a vision to lead, we will lead it. the door is open. our vision is as bold and strong and free as the country that we loved it. it is the vision of government that works for us and not against us. it is rooted in the old washington of our founders, not the washington of today's political class. of liberty an
remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and...
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ronald reagan, a shining city on a hill. to president obama, we are a source of policy that required this president to go around the world and repeatedly apologized for america and what we have done in this world. ronald reagan would never apologize for the greatest country in history of the world. [applause] we have a very similar theme. we have a president who has made this week, cut our defense, we are approaching a $4 trillion budget. $1.20 trillion in deficit. expanding and exploding the deficit by $5 trillion. the only place the president can find to cut its defense spending. it is the only place he is willing to take a pound of flesh. it is the only thing the federal government has to do that individuals cannot do. when i was born, defense spending was 60% of the federal budget. it is now not 60% or 50 or 40 or 20. it is 17%. it is the one area that president obama says we have to cut some more. but me pledge -- let me pledge to give just like ronald reagan pledged. we will have a strong and powerful and forceful amer
ronald reagan, a shining city on a hill. to president obama, we are a source of policy that required this president to go around the world and repeatedly apologized for america and what we have done in this world. ronald reagan would never apologize for the greatest country in history of the world. [applause] we have a very similar theme. we have a president who has made this week, cut our defense, we are approaching a $4 trillion budget. $1.20 trillion in deficit. expanding and exploding the...
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increase by ronald reagan. the budget reconciliation act of 1985 superfund, a tax increase omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987, a tax increase. continuing resolution 1988, a tax increase by ronald reagan. we look back and say it was a fairly responsible thing to do. to think of this man, that the candles up and burned incense and have a big picture of ronald reagan to think of him running in a republican primary today he would be behind ron paul -- he would probably be behind -- he would be out of the race now. we have to think about this when we talk about how we are going to sit down and figure this out. everyone is willing to make tough decisions and anyone willing -- the speaker and the president had some semblance of a deal that could not get past an ideology. nobody here wants to sit here and say we need to raise taxes but for god's sake if we cannot ask warren buffett to continue to invest in infrastructure and the kinds of things that will lead to long-term investments -- i have one or two questio
increase by ronald reagan. the budget reconciliation act of 1985 superfund, a tax increase omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987, a tax increase. continuing resolution 1988, a tax increase by ronald reagan. we look back and say it was a fairly responsible thing to do. to think of this man, that the candles up and burned incense and have a big picture of ronald reagan to think of him running in a republican primary today he would be behind ron paul -- he would probably be behind -- he would...
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reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes president. ford then makes to the huge mistakes. he treats the reagan with contempt -- which just makes reagan irritated -- and he picks nelson rockefeller to be the vice-presidential nominee. had ford picked ronald reagan to be the vice-presidential nominee, history would have been totally different. reagan probably would not have ended up running for president. he would have been on a ticket and the ford that either would have when they were lost, and if it had one ford would have served as president. the guy who tells the story beautifully is one of the leading analyst of american polling. he always says that h
reagan would become president -- there was zero reason to believe ronald reagan would become president. the vice president with spiro agnew. there was ever a reason -- every reason to believe after nixon that spiro agnew would be the republican nominee. there is a great book, i think it is called "a heartbeat away" about the discovery that iran agnew was a crook and about getting him out of the presidency, which led nixon to pick gerald ford. nixon then resigned. ford becomes...
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it has nancy reagan, ronald reagan, president ford, rockefeller. this gives you a moment of what it was like and potentially what we might be able to see in tampa this year. [video clip] >> i think he was a vice chairman of one of those delegations. >> and what happened? >> [unintelligible] >>what reason did he give? >> don't know. >> which phone is that? where does that go? >> it represents a lot of states. >> that goes next to the trailer. >> of the ford trailer? >> yes. >> and whenever my other phone is damaged, that, too. host: you see ronald reagan watching the proceedings. there was a lot of back-and- forth and horsetrading. going into that convention, it was not clear that gerald ford would have enough delegates on the first ballot. if that did not happen, potentially pandemonium wit would have spread through that convention hall. guest: yes, they would have made the party structure in november and they were only off by 2%. given all the things that gerald ford had coming in, a disastrous debate, a debatable choice as bob dole as a running m
it has nancy reagan, ronald reagan, president ford, rockefeller. this gives you a moment of what it was like and potentially what we might be able to see in tampa this year. [video clip] >> i think he was a vice chairman of one of those delegations. >> and what happened? >> [unintelligible] >>what reason did he give? >> don't know. >> which phone is that? where does that go? >> it represents a lot of states. >> that goes next to the trailer....
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ronald reagan and tip o'neill -- they probably did not agree on much of anything, and yet they were able to have an affable relationship and be decent to one another and not to reach other down in the process. we have to get back to that and keep talking about this. that is why again, governor schwarzenegger, i want to thank you for getting started. if we do not do a bill not happen. -- it will not happen. >> i recently spoke to the senate press secretaries. the two senators from pennsylvania, senator toomey and senator casey, had the two men themselves and their staff -- had a softball game. they had a good time. they went out and place of all, had a few beers. they put it up under facebook pages and both of them told me that they got absolute vituperative remarks from their supporters, saying, how could you possibly consort with the enemy like that? the senator from their own state. you would think that there would be a certain common interests here. but that was the reaction of the voters. bill, you had your hand up -- anybody who wants to take this, take a. >> i would say, i think wh
ronald reagan and tip o'neill -- they probably did not agree on much of anything, and yet they were able to have an affable relationship and be decent to one another and not to reach other down in the process. we have to get back to that and keep talking about this. that is why again, governor schwarzenegger, i want to thank you for getting started. if we do not do a bill not happen. -- it will not happen. >> i recently spoke to the senate press secretaries. the two senators from...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was mh bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking >> we are committed as the department to feinstein counterfeit and unapproved drug cases. together with the u.s. attorney's offices around the country, the criminal divisions, computer crimes and intellectual property section, my office is actively partnering with fda, oci, all the other branches you have heard today. dea, postal service. investigating the wide variety of unlawful trafficking that we see. as we heard this morning, from tim and as we have been hearing throughout the day, the availability of drugs has skyrocketed. anyone with a computer can order drugs on line using search engines, using b2b sites. they can do this for personal use
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was mh bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we're committed to sticking >> we are committed as the department to feinstein...
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when i was 11, i was an active ronald reagan supporter. another was a democrat paired i had a huge arguments with her -- a democrat. i had a huge argument with her. but then i switch to high school. i was interested in women's issues. i was pro-choice as a move into college. i was very clearly a democrat by the time i got to that first semester and started volunteering for mike dukakis. >> what do you feel the strongest when it comes to issues? >> because of my own experience, and fill most passionately about ensuring -- i know it sounds a little cliche -- but i feel strongly that people have access to opportunity. we are very polarized in washington about the role of government. i feel like i am living example of a person who was helped by a series of government programs. if those programs did not exist, a mother would have had to go back to india, a divorced woman. my whole family would have been stigmatized. my opportunities would have been far more limited. a series of programs, food stamps, free and reduced lunches, section 8 housing,
when i was 11, i was an active ronald reagan supporter. another was a democrat paired i had a huge arguments with her -- a democrat. i had a huge argument with her. but then i switch to high school. i was interested in women's issues. i was pro-choice as a move into college. i was very clearly a democrat by the time i got to that first semester and started volunteering for mike dukakis. >> what do you feel the strongest when it comes to issues? >> because of my own experience, and...
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i said i know ronald reagan and you know robbery in. i said ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times it is eight years. grover said, i know, i did not like that. i said, why do you think he did? he did it to make the country run. we never have less revenue to run this country since the korean war. 15.2% of gdp. you don't need to do a tax increase. cohen and dig into the pile of tax expenditures and jerk some of those babies out of there and go to any tax system. caller: you are one of my heroes. what do you consider to be full employment in the united states? guest: i cannot play the game. think of the young people coming into the workforce. host: what percentage would you be comfortable with? guest: you can do the figures all day long, bounce them back and forth. pick a figure during reagan's time 4%. i was in congress 18 years and never saw a statistic that was correct about growth or unemployment. it is like health care. 10,000 people a day or turning 65. if you say the present unemployment is this and forget how many hundreds of thousand
i said i know ronald reagan and you know robbery in. i said ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times it is eight years. grover said, i know, i did not like that. i said, why do you think he did? he did it to make the country run. we never have less revenue to run this country since the korean war. 15.2% of gdp. you don't need to do a tax increase. cohen and dig into the pile of tax expenditures and jerk some of those babies out of there and go to any tax system. caller: you are one of my heroes....
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[applause] as ronald reagan did, this country is a great country because we were founded great. we were founded on the idea of limited government. we saw that debate in the supreme court justice week. -- just this week. is the constitution a document that actually says you can limit the power of the federal government or have we reached a point where the constitution is not worth the paper is printed on? the court will decide that. we get to be said that, too. -- to decide that, too. we get to the side that in the -- to decide that in the election. this election has to be about big things. limited government. the unlimited potential of the american people. whether we will build the great society one church, one school, one community and civic organization, one small business at a time. or whether we will be ruled from the top. the two biggest issues in this race that we have talked about a lot are obamacare and energy. i would just share with you that if you want obamacare repealed -- anybody want it repealed? [cheers and applause] we cannot rely on the supreme court. we have to
[applause] as ronald reagan did, this country is a great country because we were founded great. we were founded on the idea of limited government. we saw that debate in the supreme court justice week. -- just this week. is the constitution a document that actually says you can limit the power of the federal government or have we reached a point where the constitution is not worth the paper is printed on? the court will decide that. we get to be said that, too. -- to decide that, too. we get to...
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in a nutshell, what ronald reagan understood was a conservatism was not defined by its resentment. but which actually had a smile on its face. much like reagan himself. that is why it into a curious sort of way, it seems republicans, not out of breath out -- not out of nostalgia am i think for conservatives you can do a lot worse thing go back and look at the real reagan. the pragmatic reagan. the reagan who was willing under certain circumstances to raise taxes. the reagan willing to put dick on his ticket in '76 or george bush four years later. >> the tax policies that some precedent. do you think the fiscal cliff and the presence of the debt ceiling are enough to overcome this culture of obstruction? >> i am not sure it will overcome the culture of destruction. that is in many ways an outgrowth of the political system that we have built. on the other hand, you may not have to overcome the culture of obstruction. only have to pick up -- pick off x number members of congress. >> he said it was time for republicans to stopping this departed. whether you agree with that are not -- s
in a nutshell, what ronald reagan understood was a conservatism was not defined by its resentment. but which actually had a smile on its face. much like reagan himself. that is why it into a curious sort of way, it seems republicans, not out of breath out -- not out of nostalgia am i think for conservatives you can do a lot worse thing go back and look at the real reagan. the pragmatic reagan. the reagan who was willing under certain circumstances to raise taxes. the reagan willing to put dick...
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people became short of ronald reagan. -- sure of ronald reagan. i think the narrative is very similar for this election. people like the president, but not his policies. they have turned him off, i think. despite all the advertising. they're looking at mitt romney, we do not really know mitt romney, yet. >> do you think after thursday night, things will be different friday morning? >> the nomination of the vice- president. picking paul ryan was a good pick. you have the speech and then you have the debates. people will be watching. they're looking for the numbers of the last convention. the biggest audience last time, four years ago, was not for barack obama comment not for sarah palin, it was for john mccain. -- barack obama, not for sarah palin, it was for john mccain. >> it sounds like if you pull back the cameras, you are not worried about the shortened convention and the destruction. it sounds like -- distraction. it sounds like -- >> i think we took four days -- there are a lot of good things happening. people walk away thinking that was a g
people became short of ronald reagan. -- sure of ronald reagan. i think the narrative is very similar for this election. people like the president, but not his policies. they have turned him off, i think. despite all the advertising. they're looking at mitt romney, we do not really know mitt romney, yet. >> do you think after thursday night, things will be different friday morning? >> the nomination of the vice- president. picking paul ryan was a good pick. you have the speech and...
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he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 -- 550 billion. billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >> that is the trigger you are talking about. >> and we have wars that we were not fighting two decades ago. i do think that cap has taken a position to cut the pentagon budget. they will schedule something that will have substantial reductions and we will support it. he has put forth as if the proposals over the last year on how to reduce the pentagon budget. it has been an important part of the debate over the last year. because he has had the experience of being at the pentagon, he has looked at as the programs and specific weapons systems and before to a series of ideas that account for a least $100 billion a y
he was the person in charge of the budget for ronald reagan. he has developed a series of ideas about how to lower costs at the defense department. if you look at it, our defense department is higher on a per- capita basis than it was in the cold war. for a variety of reasons -- we have two wars that we did not have. >> the defense budget is $150 -- 550 billion. billion, but the cost of the war is $122 billion. >> it is $144 billion. >> that is the trigger you are talking...
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that, of course, is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] i talked always about how you here as you travel or around this country, particularly when you are faced with running against a democratic incumbent president whose policies are destructive -- destructive for our economy, destructive for our reputation around the world and our national security, destructive and for our military. we see this week the fight against sequestration and the draconian cuts in our defense budget. we see the economy lagging and confidence in america not what it should be. a president who wants to talk about how our better days are behind us and americans cannot do things for themselves anymore. for you to be able to hand until this world. you need him and the elite in our society to be able to make these degrees for you. this harkens back to another time. we had a president who had a similar idea that america's best days were behind us and we needed government to come in and do more and more things for our lives. we would no longer be a force for go
that, of course, is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] i talked always about how you here as you travel or around this country, particularly when you are faced with running against a democratic incumbent president whose policies are destructive -- destructive for our economy, destructive for our reputation around the world and our national security, destructive and for our military. we see this week the fight against sequestration and the draconian cuts in our defense budget. we see the economy...
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all i could hear was ronald reagan, ronald reagan. i would like him to come up with something of his own. they talk about ronald reagan, but they never talk about the nine times ronald reagan raised taxes. i would like them to talk on that subject. host: thank you for calling in this morning. there were other primaries in illinois. this is from "the chicago sun- times >" he won his republican primary challenge against a fellow congressman. he finished with 56% of the vote. by the way, the former speaker endorsed and eric cantor endorsed adam kinzinger. this is from "the hill the newspaper." next call comes from a rick santorum supporter. surely it from new castle, pa.. you are on c-span. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i enjoy c-span. i want to say that. what i would like to say is this. i do not understand why so many people are voting for mitt romney. don't ever remember the health- care? he, in fact, helped put that health care into place in his state. they used at health care and the big got -- as the guidel
all i could hear was ronald reagan, ronald reagan. i would like him to come up with something of his own. they talk about ronald reagan, but they never talk about the nine times ronald reagan raised taxes. i would like them to talk on that subject. host: thank you for calling in this morning. there were other primaries in illinois. this is from "the chicago sun- times >" he won his republican primary challenge against a fellow congressman. he finished with 56% of the vote. by the...
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and even ronald reagan, even though he had ambitious goals and did increase the size and strength of the military in many ways, he was still operating under a construct that said, one big war in europe and 81 smaller war elsewhere. strategists could net -- and maybe one smaller war elsewhere. the strategists could not be so this is a bit. and we have built our strategies around 82-workability and then found we could not. we were income -- are around a two war capability and found we could not. we were incorrect. the fact that we are having to choose today about where to keep our aspirations and appetites in check, i would argue that is not new. but just as well, because we defense judges have no monopoly on wisdom and iran we need the budget constraints -- budget restraints to constrain house. i like interaction in american politics between defense strategists out there saying that there are 14 wars that could happen tomorrow and you better be ready, and other defense specialist saying that we have other things to worry about, too. >> it is always an interesting interplay between str
and even ronald reagan, even though he had ambitious goals and did increase the size and strength of the military in many ways, he was still operating under a construct that said, one big war in europe and 81 smaller war elsewhere. strategists could net -- and maybe one smaller war elsewhere. the strategists could not be so this is a bit. and we have built our strategies around 82-workability and then found we could not. we were income -- are around a two war capability and found we could not....
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romney said he was not trying to run on ronald reagan. he lost, just like what happens all the time when republicans run to the left. we need someone who will not be the etch-a-sketch candidate, someone will stand by their principals. ronald reagan did not say one thing in front of one group and one thing in front of another. he had for conviction. it is the reason the establishment republicans were never out for him. they did not believe. they did not have the core set of values that reagan had come to the sense of values shared by the vast majority of americans. the vast majority of americans are trying to do things that are inconsistent with their values, selling short to win. we need someone who can pull the coalition together. someone who has those values, as a staffer said, that his public policy is written on an etch-a- sketch, but who's policy is written on his heart. he said he was going to run as a conservative in the fall. i am not going to run as a conservative. i am a conservative. period. [applause] the one leg of the reagan
romney said he was not trying to run on ronald reagan. he lost, just like what happens all the time when republicans run to the left. we need someone who will not be the etch-a-sketch candidate, someone will stand by their principals. ronald reagan did not say one thing in front of one group and one thing in front of another. he had for conviction. it is the reason the establishment republicans were never out for him. they did not believe. they did not have the core set of values that reagan...
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i believe that ronald reagan, john kennedy, and the others did that more effectively, and i'm going to try to follow in their footsteps. >> ninety seconds, mr. president. >> my opponent just said something amazing. he said osama bin laden uses the invasion of iraq as an excuse to spread hatred for america. osama bin laden isn't going to determine how we defend ourselves. osama bin laden doesn't get to decide. the american people decide. i decided the right action was in iraq. my opponent calls it a mistake. it wasn't a mistake. he said i misled on iraq. i don't think he was misleading when he called iraq a grave threat in the fall of 2002. i don't think he was misleading when he said that it was right to disarm iraq in the spring of 2003. i don't think he misled you when he said that, you know, anyone who doubted whether the world was better off without saddam hussein in power didn't have the judgment to be president. i don't think he was misleading. i think what is misleading is to say you can lead and succeed in iraq if you keep changing your positions on this war. and he has. as the
i believe that ronald reagan, john kennedy, and the others did that more effectively, and i'm going to try to follow in their footsteps. >> ninety seconds, mr. president. >> my opponent just said something amazing. he said osama bin laden uses the invasion of iraq as an excuse to spread hatred for america. osama bin laden isn't going to determine how we defend ourselves. osama bin laden doesn't get to decide. the american people decide. i decided the right action was in iraq. my...